COME HOME LA GITANA! where the hey are you missy dot?! holler at us that you're alive, a year older and wiser! (happy bday!)...I can't wait for you to come home! Manu chao in the park, celebrate brooklyn, its gonna be the biggidy best.

WoW!Your journals are so vivid and exciting to read. So glad you guys are together and having an experience of a lifetime. I can't wait to hear about it in full detail when you return. I miss you! Be safe and explore, explore, explore!
Love
Marianne

Well putNice work summing up the experience since my arrival. Being here with you, travelling in India, being at the children's home- these are all more experiences in my life that words and language do little justice in describing. Thank you for all of this-
Love Always
Ev

wow!!!Lore, the travelblogs are AMAZING!!! Your determination is like no other. Just the thought of traveling alone gives me goosebumps!! Leti talks so much about your blogs and now is the first time I read them... Be safe we miss you very much!!! Your FAVORITE BROTHER..... oh can't wait for you to get back so you can take care of Isaac and Vi so me and Leti can go out!!!! lol

fire fire!Wow girl, I can't believe you are actually spinning fire! It's what's you've always talked about. You are living your dream. And you're making jewelry too? Put a picture of it on the blog so we can see it. I miss you. so glad you're having so much fun!
Love Marianne

D.I.A.B. lives on...Hi Lorena! Thanks so much for adding me to your travel blog. As I sit at my computer at work in snowy Portland I am transported to spicy india- keep rockin and having a fabulous time. I am so jealous and happy for you all at once. Can't wait to see the 10 million photos you bring back! Hopefully we can see each other in person for a hug sometime this summer on the east coast! I wob you- be safe and have fun! XO- Betsy

I'm breathing again (I think)This is more like it... This is the India we know and love to see in person. My envy keeps growing exponentially!!! I'm sorry, your spiritual experience should help ME keep negative thoughts out of my head. Stay safe and keep your eyes open. You're a New Yorker for crying out loud! Lov u!

Oh, Lore: As soon as I saw the title to your Jan 17 journal, I panicked. Common sense told me that if you had added to your journal it meant that everything was fine but I read your entry with dread...and then relief that you are ok and handling your experience with quite a bit of flair. Be careful out there but do not lose your sense of enjoyment and curiosity. It is what makes you so special. Waiting to hear from you, again. Pati

:)~You are undoubtedly the coolest girl on the planet (in my eyes) and I just wondered if you happened to have a bottle of mace or a small pocket knife or something? Way to be wise with your cab driver(s)... and here's hoping that paying your dues to the robbery gods early on will let you off the hook for the duration of you stay. I miss you!

Thank g-d you made it!Hey babe....wow..what a story! I'm glad that you arrived safely and now apparently have found some sort of lodging. From the sounds of it though, you've done your homework. You're instincts sound on point. Keep them on high i would suggest for atleast the first week. This way you can adjust to their normal interaction, and understand the "people" better and their intentions.
I look forward to reading your next post!
Keep on trucking on hermanita

Finally, I've realized my dream of backpacking through India (and it's only taken 6 years)! My hope is to share my adventures as I attempt to put into words experiences that, I imagine, are beyond words... Here I go...... full info